Quotes for All
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, Ah Maestro, you are a genius! Paderewski tartly replied, Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod! What … Read more
There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records? Ellie Goulding
Fatherhood, to me, isn’t something you do for awards or acclaim. It’s a privilege and a huge responsibility Dwyane Wade
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The key is realizing – and believing – that this world is not your home. If you and I ever hope to free our lives from worldly desires, worldly thinking, worldly pleasures, worldly dreams, worldly ideals, worldly values, worldly ambitions, and worldly acclaim, then we must focus our lives on another world. David Platt
The rest – all the hoopla, the acclaim – doesn’t really matter a lot to Joel and Ethan [Coen]. They just want to get the chance to continue to work. And that blew my mind. To be at that level and to have that humility, it was eye-opening and inspiring. David Krumholtz
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either. David Foster Wallace
The Edith Head Trio, I would say, would be even less of a musical career than playing the accordion, particularly because I played the accordion in The Edith Head Trio. I’m very impressed by your Googling. The Edith Head Trio and another band, Tzamboni, were two bands I was in after college that played at … Read more
We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career — we all benefit from their achievements — but still recognize that there is not a higher good than motherhood and fatherhood in marriage. There is no superior career, and no amount of money, authority or public … Read more
We do a lot of capital I important stories, but one I’d highlight is the work we’ve done on guns, not only for the acclaim it’s gotten but also because it showcases all the different kinds formats we use. So we compiled a database of all the variables of all the mass shootings in America … Read more